Korean Type/Font
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- radar
I have a book that is in English, German and has now been translated into Korean. Obviously the text won't display correctly in the font's being used in other versions (weiss & helvetica). Is there a specific font I have to use that displays Korean characters?
- dinky0
book meaning, PDF?
- uberdesigner0
unlike chinese or japanese, korean is read is a diagonal fashion
- dinky0
no you gotta close your eyes to read it
- uberdesigner0
you're thinking of hebrew
- dinky0
right right...
so i can read and speak hebrew then..
i learn new things everyday..
- radar0
bump.
- dinky0
yo man, u still didnt answer, is it a pdf ? i am assuming its pdf
- dinky0
if you look at your osx font book, there are stanard korean fonts installed.
there are no specific korean fonts to use. in terms of fonts thats inline with weiss / helv i say use AppleGothic (from standard osx set)
other fonts are more scrip based and they are more olden style. except for headlineA, which is mainly used for modern newspapaer / magazine headlines.
- radar0
The book does get put into pdf format, but it is also printed, it's 40 pages. I am on a PC, but I guess the same applies - I just use the standard PC Korean font, there aren't any style choices?
- radar0
Actually InDesign seperates the choices at the bottom of my font list - I have a selection of (3)Japanese and (5)Korean fonts.
They all look the same though.
- dinky0
can you send me samples of the korean fonts ?
like screen cap or something than i can tell you which is more modern or more old style
- radar0
yeah, give me a minute.
- radar0
Here you go dinky
http://www.imekdesign.com/nt/Kor…The other issue I have is there isn't a bold face in any of these.
The last choice looks bold but it is also more dated looking thean any of the rest.
- dinky0
so Dotum and Gulim are more modern fonts.
there is no bolding in korean in a font set usually. u have to use other font to do that
- dinky0
Dotum is more tighter font where as Gulim is more larger placement.
dont mix those fonts together. they are too close and it would seem odd
- radar0
cool, thanks.